Peyton Sawyer laid face up on in the center of her bed, tears rolling silently down her cheeks. It wasn't fair…no seventeen year old should have to deal with the loss of their mother…especially not twice. It was two weeks ago that Elli moved into the Sawyer residence and a week later she was just gone. One to a car accident the other to cancer. The pain from her mothers death…the pain she had buried ten years ago…it was now resurfacing and mixing with the pain from losing Elli. At seventeen how was she supposed to deal with all of this…alone. She had gotten close with Nathan at the end of their junior year, but then Haley came back and all his time went to fixing his marriage. She had gotten close to Lucas over the summer but then he became exclusive with Brooke and the two of them hanging out together didn't sit well with the brunette. Brooke was too involved with her boyfriend and her fashion line to pay any attention to her best friend. All of her supposed friends had better things to do.
Her head turned to the side as her phone started vibrating on her nightstand. She reached over and grabbed her phone and watched as Brooke's name flashed across the screen. What Brooke was calling about she had no idea considering the brunette was currently in New York showing off her latest designs to some company. "Hello"
"P. Sawyer I have a major problem and I need you to fix it." Brooke's panicked voice echoed through the phone and Peyton was tempted to flip her phone closed and end the call. She wasn't interested in Brooke's little dilemma and she wasn't in the mood to play pretend just to keep Brooke happy. "Peyton…are you still there"
"Yeah…what do you need" if Brooke had been actually listening she would've hear the distress and reluctance in Peyton's voice…but she wasn't so she didn't.
"Okay so the annual Boy Toy Auction is tonight and I'm obviously not gunna be there, but Lucas already signed up to be in it. So…you have to bid on Lucas for me."
"Brooke…I don't have to do anything…I'm not even going to that thing tonight." She had no intention of watching girls go wild over members of the basketball team. It was stupid and superficial.
"But Peyton I really need you to…if you don't win Lucas then that skank Rachel is going to and I cant allow that to happen."
"So why don't you come home and bid on him yourself." She didn't mean to be so bitter but she just wasn't in the mood for Brooke's antics. All of this just seemed so petty.
"Please Peyton…she'll do anything to get him and he has to do what she wants tonight and I don't trust her. She wants him and she'll stop at nothing."
"You mean kind of like you last year" the blonde rolled her eyes as her best friend sighed.
"You can just go and buy him and then send him home…it'll only take an hour…two tops. Please Peyt…I'd ask Haley but she's bidding on Nathan so they can keep working on their marriage. I just need you to do this one thing for me" Her eyes rolled once again…she had lost count of the times Brooke had needed her to do just one thing.
"Brooke…"
"I'll even wire you some cash that why it won't even come out of your pocket. Please P. Sawyer."
"Fine" she forced the word through her teeth. Why she always caved to Brooke's request she didn't know…but she had done it again.
"Thank you thank you thank you. I already wired the money and its in your account. love you P. Sawyer…you are the best." The cheeriness in Brooke's voice was beyond irritating.
"I love you too…listen I have to go…I'll talk to you later, bye" she didn't wait for Brooke to respond, she just closed her phone and threw it across the room. She had an hour before she had to be at the school. She wiped the tears from under her eyes as she sat up on her bed. Why on earth had she agreed to this…oh yeah…because her best friend needed her.